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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal notices from the department may be mailed or telephoned at any time. The social reporter Mrs Isabelle P Miller will accept news by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone No 33.
The 1929 Virginia Ball at the John Marshall Hotel will host about 800 guests led by Governor Harry F. Byrd and past Virginians such as Henry Carter Stuart Westmoreland Davis and Claude A. Swanson. Attendees include state and national figures, with plans for a grand march and a miniature highway exhibit marking Virginia history.
Miss Wight wins daily and weekly prizes for The Model in the New York Daily Mirror short story contest. Judges include Ray Long David Belasco Irving Thalberg J P McAvoy and Lewy Allen Browne. The yearly prize is $1000 for the best story published during the year. The Seminole Tribe of Virginia in Alexandria marked its 20th anniversary with a large gathering featuring Senator Cole Blease Judge Harry Cuthrell and other leaders. Reverend C J Clark welcomed parishioners at Brucetown Episcopal church with a generous pounding and a warm social hour followed by donations to the new pastor.
Clarke county residents will attend the wedding of Miss Eda Carter and Mr. Walter Williams at Grace and Holy Trinity Church in Richmond Virginia on Saturday November 2. Expected attendees include Mrs. Thomas Nelson Carter, Mrs. Bennehan Cameron and daughter Belle Cameron, Eleanor Alcocke, Agnes Page, Mrs. George H. Burwell and son George H Burwell Jr, and couples Mr. and Mrs. I G Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Watkins.
Miss Ishbel MacDonald daughter of the British Prime Minister rides the CNR No 6156 special train with her father touring Niagara Falls Toronto Ottawa Montreal and Quebec. She meets officials speaks to the Women's Canadian Club and receives bouquets as crowds greet the party.
The Winchester Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia will begin at Holy Trinity Church in Stephens City on Wednesday. Rev. Snyder Alleman leads the local hosting church with a program including devotions sermons by Rev. P. E. Shealy and Rev. C. J. Rice, and sessions on evangelism and catechism.
A marriage license was issued in the corporation clerk's office Saturday October 26 to Maynard C Hausenfluck and Amy Berry. The bride, daughter of Herbert and Mrs Berry, is a Danville Virginia native now residing in Winchester. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs RM Hausenfluck, is a Stephens City native and resident. Mrs Victor Arthur and Mrs B Dutton returned after a day in Washington.
The article notes a shift from dosing colds to external treatment with Vicks VapoRub. It highlights mothers praising Vicks for safety with children, claims medicated vapors reach nasal passages, and cites rising demand and jar usage figures from 17 to 21 million yearly. It asserts widespread adoption across households.
Edward L Doheny faces a bribery charge as prosecutors pursue allegations connected to Elk Hills naval oil reserve while Albert B. Fall is noted as a confidant. The high profile case recalls earlier West era politics and oil interests.
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